Fornication is an Awful Crime
1 Corinthians 6:13-16
Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for fornication…


1. It robs God of His property.

2. Dishonours the members of Christ's body.

3. Makes a man one flesh with the harlot.

4. Degrades a man's own body.

5. Profanes the temple of God.

6. Sins against the sacrifice of Christ.

7. Devotes body and soul, which are God's, to the devil.

(J. Lyth, D. D.)



Parallel Verses
KJV: Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body.

WEB: "Foods for the belly, and the belly for foods," but God will bring to nothing both it and them. But the body is not for sexual immorality, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body.




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